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>Given the number of Autopilot miles driven, you'd only expect one death so far, so that we have one doesn't really tell us anything. It's really telling when
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
>Given the number of Autopilot miles driven, you'd only expect one death so far, so that we have one doesn't really tell us anything.
It's really telling when it is expected that the Autopilot will kill someone.
What is the current death toll of Google's tech?
- phaemon 10y agoAround 32,000 people die in the USA each year in traffic accidents, so yes, I didn't expect Autopilot to magically reduce that to zero. The Google tech that is driven by professional drivers who take over when required, hasn't killed anyone yet. Do you honestly think there will be zero deaths in a Google vehicle when it's released to the public?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoI don't know if a Google vehicle will ever be released to the public. I would not expect an Autopilot to kill me.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agoIt depends on how you drive, computer controlled cars are subject to physics like any object. Consider if you are standing on any city street corner, where the speed is 30 miles per house. If you jump in front of a car just passing you, and it hits you, you'll be dead, and no auto-drive or google drive or any drive could protect you.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoI believe a Google car will see you on the corner, project your trajectory, and act to avoid a collision.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agoIt depends on how you drive, computer controlled cars are subject to physics like any object. Consider if you are standing on any city street corner, where the speed is 30 miles per house. If you jump in front of a car just passing you, and it hits you, you'll be dead, and no auto-drive or google drive or any drive could protect you.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoNo more telling than it being expected that our primary mode of transportation kills dozens of people every day.